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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is endowed with a rare ‘discerning eye’, which has certain magical powers to see imaginary things and filter out the real ones. Not everyone can be expected to have such special faculties. But she has a problem there: she cannot imagine that not everyone is as lucky as she is.

Kolkata: ATK and Mumbai City played out a thrilling 2-2 draw in a closely contested Hero Indian Super League clash at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan here on Saturday.

Cuba is the most sustainably developed country in the world, according to a new report released on November 29. The socialist island outperforms advanced capitalist countries including Britain and the United States, which has subjected Cuba to a punitive six-decades-long economic blockade.

Ahmedabad: Delhi’s Shamim Khan opened up a two-shot lead at 11-under-205 to emerge as the title favourite after round three of the Kensville Open 2019 Presented by TATA Steel PGTI, a Rs. 40 lakh event, at the Kensville Golf & Country Club near Ahmedabad.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government in Kerala and the Centre are at odds over the Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL). Tensions have flared up with the Corporate Affairs Ministry rejecting the Kerala Government’s stand that CAG audit is not necessary in the case of Kannur airport.

Greater Noida: With the LGB Formula 4 and the JK Tyre Suzuki Gixxer Cup poised for a showdown in the JK Tyre Festival of Speed, the stage is set for a spectacular day of races at the Buddh International Circuit.

Jalandhar; Day two of the Tata Motors Senior Wrestling National Championships witnessed a major upset as 35-year-old and a mother of one, Haryana’s Anita Sheoran defeated Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Divya Kakran of Railways in the 68kg final in Jalandhar on Saturday.

Guwahati: The third edition of the ambitious Khelo India Youth Games will take place on a larger and grander canvas in the picturesque locales of Guwahati, starting from January 10, 2020 and ending 13 action-packed days later.

Four months from now, the financial year 2019-20 will come to an end. Eight months have already passed with such a fall in the GDP growth rate that all our hopes have been shattered. Slowdown in the Indian economy cannot be reversed in near future. The country cannot realize the budgeted GDP growth rate for this year. The fall in GDP growth rate has touched a new low at 4.5 per cent in the second quarter as against 5 percent in the first. It is worst after 2012-13 when the base year was changed for the new series of the data. The average growth rate in the first six month is thus merely 4.75 per cent, and then in the last two months, the economic and financial crises have signalled a further decline.

Politics is a weird game; yesterday’s enemies are today’s allies. Nobody thought the Congress and Shiv Sena will come on the same platform. One can give some margin to NCP; the Congress-NCP have been in alliance for so long. The BJP and Shiv Sena follow the same ideology and have been allies for about three decades. One can say their commitment is only to one ideology, that is grabbing power.